Photo-sticker



E. V. BLOOMQUISL- PHOTO STLCKER. APPLICATION FILED'SEPT.8, 1919.

1,342,248. 7 PatentedJunel,1920.

narrate stares nannsr v. ntoonenrs'r, or MINNEAPOLIS, ivr'mnnsora.

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T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST V. BLOOM- QUIST, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid ing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPhoto-Stickers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which is appertains to make and use thesame.

-My invention has for its object to provide improved means for quicklyattaching photographs to cards, leaves or other mounting sheets, and tosuch ends the invention consists of novel devices and arrangements ofparts hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In accordance with my invention I provide a plurality of so calledstickers that have adhesive material on both faces. A plurality of thesestickers are first properly positioned and stuck to the back .of thephotograph at the corners and sometimes at present invention.

intermediate points, and then the photograph may be quickly stuck to themounting sheet by moistening the exposed surpressing the photofaces ofthe stickers and graph against the mounting sheets.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure -1 is a perspective vlew showing several photographs applied tomounting sheet in accordance with my invention, one

of the photographs being only partially secured; V f Fig. 2 is a faceview of one of the stickers;

- Fig. '3 is an enlarged section on line 3-3 of F ig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a photograph with several of thestickers 'applied to the back thereof.

In Figs. land 3 the so called mounting sheet 5 is of a size for theapplication thereto of 3 photographs 6, and the said mounting sheet isarranged to be folded on lines 7, but this feature constitutes no partof my The stickers 8 are preferably rightangletriangles and the same areprovided on both Specification of Letters Patent.

ing sheet.

faces with adhesive materials 8*, see particularly Figs. 2 and 3.'

'with intermediate stickers 9. Preferably the stickers 9 are of the sameform as the corner stickers 8, but they are applied with theirhypotenuse alined with the edges of the photograph. Theintermediatemight be of different form from the corner stickers, butthey are advisedly made in the same form so that any sticker may beappliedat any place. It is important, however, that the said stickers beof .rightangle- Patented June 1, 192%). Application filed September 8,1919. Serial No. 322,317. I

stickers triangle form so that they will fit the corner of thephotograph.

Obviously the stickers may be provided at very small cost, and they maybe very easily applied to photographs, and photographs with the appliedstickers, will then be very easily and quickly applied in properpositions on the mounting sheets. The photographswith the stickersapplied, as is evident, may beapplied' at any desired place on themounting sheet, because each photograph carries. its own adhesive orsticking means all ready properly positioned on the back of thephotographs.

What I claimis A photograph having on its back at the cornersthereof'thin stickers secured thereto by adhesive material and havingexposed adhesive faces which, when moistened, are adapted to secure thephotograph to a mounting sheet, 'the said stickers being of angularformation.

Intestimony whereof Iafixmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

